Ex-Teacher Who Allegedly Asked Students To Touch Themselves In Front Of Class Charged With Over A Dozen Sex Crimes

A former teacher in Indiana was charged with more than a dozen sex crimes Wednesday after students alleged weeks earlier that he had asked them to touch themselves or let him touch them, numerous sources reported.

Andrew Cowells, 47, was charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography, two counts of child solicitation, two counts each of voyeurism and battery and vicarious sexual gratification, according to the South Bend Tribune. Cowells was fired from Concord Community Schools on Monday after working there as a teacher for 17 years.

Childcare chain tells parents to ask babies for permission to change their diapers

Matt Miller - June 29, 2021A popular childcare chain prompted backlash after it told parents they should ask for permission before changing their babies' diapers.

The staff of Only About Children in Victoria, Australia, also advised parents in a letter to give their babies a warning before washing their faces. They even advise against telling a child to "stop crying."

Their reasoning behind asking permission before changing diapers is because babies "don't like to be interrupted."

"Ask for your baby's help, talk them through what you are doing and encourage the use of senses," the letter reads, according to The Herald Sun. "When toddlers become mobile, nappy changing may look quite different. Continue to ask for co-operation but understand that your toddler may wish to now stand for their nappy change."

The childcare centers' staff work to "involve' the infants and toddlers in the diaper changing process by asking, "are you ready for a nappy change?" according to National education manager Angela Ngavaine.

"Some may look away or shake their head and so we say, 'I can see you're not ready, how about I change Jack and then come back to you?'" she explained.

Ngavaine explained that staff also must give warning to a child before wiping food from their face.

Many in Australia have criticized the practices as "utterly ridiculous" and "nonsense."

"I wonder what a respected clinical psychologist would say about this?" a sociial media user commented, the Daily Mail reports.

"What a joke. The world’s gone mad and to think some mothers/parents will believe this crap," another said.

"Can I ask my toddler to cook dinner for us. Vacuum the house and do some washing. Then they can put themselves to bed," another commenter said. "If I had to ask and wait for my toddler son to stop playing. He would have had nappy burn from sitting too long in a dirty nappy. He never stopped playing. This is just stupid."